UFC 126 takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Super Bowl weekend. The night’s main card airs on pay-per-view.

Despite the planned broadcast, a source told MMAjunkie.com the UFC and Spike TV haven’t finalized a contract renewal, which is needed for 2012 and beyond. However, the “UFC Prelims” specials are expected to go on as planned for 2011.

UFC 126 marks the UFC debuts of former WEC fighters Cerrone and Mendes. Omigawa, who recently competed for the WEC, returns to the UFC for the first time since a two-fight stint concluded in 2008.

The UFC first offered a PPV teaser broadcast for UFC 103 in 2009, when
the UFC went head-to-head with a boxing PPV broadcast featuring Floyd
Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez. The specials proved effective enough
at generating last-minute PPV buys that officials from the UFC and the
organization’s longtime cable partner decided to make them a regular
offering.

The specials consistently draw between 1.1 million and 1.7 million viewers per event on Spike TV. (By comparison, ION scored 829,000 viewers for UFC 125.)